Reductive debromination by sponge-associated anaerobic bacteria coupled to carbon isotope fractionation.

ABSTRACT: Marine sponges contain diverse brominated compounds as secondary metabolites and the sponge habitat appears to enrich for a population of anaerobic dehalogenating bacteria. Hence, there is interest in understanding how these natural and anthropogenic compounds are degraded in the marine environment. Compound specific isotope analysis (CSIA) is a useful tool to monitor and to quantify the degradation and fate of aquatic pollutants. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether reductive dehalogenation of brominated phenols by sponge-associated bacteria, including Desulfoluna spongiiphila, can be monitored by CSIA. Debromination of 2,6-dibromophenol to phenol by sponge-associated cultures resulted in measurable stable carbon isotope fractionation. All sponge-associated cultures

SUBMITTER: Horna-Gray I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12419234 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature